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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?

Krebs on Security

11-12, 2022. ” Colorado resident Emily “Em” Hernandez allegedly helped the group gain access to victim devices in service of SIM-swapping attacks between March 2021 and April 2023. .” ” The indictment says the $400 million was stolen over several hours between November 11 and 12, 2022.

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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for the finance teams at small businesses to improve cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. These back-ups can also be used to form a disaster recovery plan in the event of a natural disaster. Employee training is crucial.

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. Verizon’s 2023 DBIR found that 36% of all data breaches involved phishing. How common are phishing attacks?

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Experts warn of a 600X increase in P2Pinfect traffic

Security Affairs

The experts warn of a surge in P2PInfect botnet activity since late August 2023, they are witnessing a 600x jump between September 12 and 19, 2023. In July 2023, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems.

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VulnRecap 2/19/2024: News from Microsoft, Zoom, SolarWinds

eSecurity Planet

The problem: Microsoft patched 73 vulnerabilities in its most recent Patch Tuesday event, which occurs every month. Palo Alto’s Unit 42 research team said that Akira led the number of ransomware posts from new leak sites in 2023. Changing passwords, secrets, and pre-shared keys. Enabling logging. of Access Rights Manager.

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News alert: Massachusetts pumps $1.1 million into state college cybersecurity training programs

The Last Watchdog

5, 2023 – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration kicked off Cybersecurity Month in Massachusetts with the announcement of $1,136,911 in funding to develop a new cybersecurity training center at MassBay Community College and support the existing center at Bridgewater State University. Worcester, Mass.,

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – Sept. 11, 2023 – Android Update Fixes 33 Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

September 5, 2023 Atlas VPN Leaks Users’ IP Addresses Type of attack: Zero-Day Vulnerability, a new vulnerability that is often difficult to fix since no patch is available on the market yet. The problem: The vulnerabilities ( CVE-2023-39238 , CVE-2023-39239 and CVE-2023-39240 ), with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8